Healthy Wirral (previously Vision 2018) is the plan to re-shape health services and social care in Wirral, whilst supporting people to take more responsibility for looking after their own health.

Over the next 20 years the number of people aged over 85 will more than double, meaning many more people with multiple, long term health conditions and increased financial pressures.

However the challenges also present opportunities. Healthy Wirral will transform GP, primary care, community health, hospital and social care services in Wirral. It will mean:

Community based health services (eg access to GPs, community nurses and social workers) seven days a week

More hospital services in the community, with consultant led teams

Health and social care professionals working together for people with ongoing needs: one assessment, one care plan, one key coordinator

Specialist in-patient hospital care for those that need it

Support for people to look after themselves and stay healthy

To see the sort of changes it will bring, watch this short video:

Healthy Wirral: To ensure the residents of Wirral enjoy the best quality of life possible, being supported to make informed choices about their own care, and being assured of the highest quality services.

The way we support our community to stay healthy, happy and well is changing.

Healthy Wirral aims to transform the way health and wellbeing services are designed and delivered in Wirral, by putting people at the centre of everything.

It is being designed and developed with people and colleagues right across Wirral, and is here to change how we think about health and wellbeing for good.

▼ How has Healthy Wirral come about?

In 2015, Wirral Health and Social Care Partners were successful in a bid to NHS England to become one of 50 “Vanguard” areas in England.

This means that Wirral is being supported nationally (both practically and financially) to bring about a genuine transformation in the way health and social care services better work together to make sure patients are supported to stay well in ways that suit them.